Car-replacer.



W. 1. BALLARD.

CAR REPLACEFI.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 5. I9I6.

l ,298,275 Patented Mau'. 25, 1919.

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UITTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J'. BALLARD, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mal. 25, 1919.

. Application filed January 5, 1916. Serial No. 70,507.

do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and` exact description of the invention, such as will enable, others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.` f y The invention relates to a car replacer, and more particularly to the class of automatically operated car replacers adapted for quickly replacing'the wheels of ,a car on to the rails of a track, should the wheels become derailed.

The primary object of theinvention is the provision of a car replacer of this character, supported in advance of each forward car wheel of a truck in such manner that should the wheels become derailed the replacers will be automatically positioned so that the wheels will run over them and on to the rails of the track.

Another obj ect of the invention is the provision of means whereby the replacers will be brought automatically into operative position when the wheels leave the track.

A further object of the invention is the provision of areplacer of this character, which is comparatively simple in construction, permanently mounted upon a car to render said Areplacer strong, thoroughly reliable and eflicient in operation and also one which is inexpensive to manufacture.

' With these and other'objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of partsto be hereinafter more y fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, isa fragmentary side elevation 0f a wheeled ear truck anda portion of a track, showing the car replacer constructed in accordance with the invention and shown in normal position. l

Fig. 2, is a view similar'to Fig. l, showing the car4 replacer in active position with the wheeled truck ofl" of the track and being replaced thereon.

Fig. 3, is a fragmentary top plan view showing the car replacers in active position as illustrated in lFig. 2 with the front wheels of the car truck approaching the replacers for replacing the wheeled truck upon the track.

Fig. 4, is a perspective view of one of the jack blocks of the replacer.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates generallythe body of a railway car which is of the ordinary well known construction having at each side of its bottom or base a longitudinal bed-sill 10 and this body is supported upon awheeled truck 2, having journaled therein the usual flanged car wheels 3 which travel upon the rails B `0f theV track and these rails are supported upon the railway bed through the medium of ordinary cross-ties C, which are arranged transversely beneath the rails B of the track on the bed thereof at the required intervals apart, as usual.

The car replacer comprises a plurality of j ackingblocks 4, the same being arranged in companion pairs longitudinally of the rails B at the inner and outer sides thereof and are suspended in such pairs, each block being` in the form of a rectangular shaped body having straight longitudinal side edges with right angular end edges and a flat bottom. At the forward `or toe end of the body constitutedby, the block 4 andsuitably fixed to the bottom face thereof or integral therewith is a riser or prop 5, which is formed with a laterally beveled tread or bottom surface G, the beveled surface being directed inwardly toward the rail B adgacent thereto of the track so that when the body of the block 4 is resting upon the track bed it will incline or slope toward the rail adjacent thereto.

Each block 4 is formed at its heel end portion with a forwardly tapering inwardly curved rearwardly sloping cut away portion forming a guide-way or channel 7 which opens through the rear end of said block, the inner side edge thereof and the top face 8 of the same, the wider open end being extended through the rear end of the block while the smaller forward end merges into a slightly beveled corner edge 9 at the inner longil tudinal side of the block and 'co-extensive therewith from the cut away portion 7 lto the forward end of the block. The cuteaway portion 7 will 4enable the car wheel 3 at the flanged periphery thereof to pass onto the block 4 and run upon the upper surface 8 and this wheel will be guided toward the rail B from the block and the flange of the wheel to travel upon the bevel edge 9 so that the drawing, slightly in advance of the forward Y '2.5.

" coliieisfot. this patent wayin*I obtained for Vandwbe lifted'to assume normal position, as Yshown in Fig. 1, of the drawingj car wheel-will readily travel from the block 4 on to the rail of the track when the said block is in active position for replacing the wheel upon the track after thederailment of the car.Y

The inner and outer pairs of blocks'4 each'. is yieldably suspended or mounted upon the can body A and thisis accomplished by mounting in the outer and inner-side faces 1 of each sill 10 spaced eye bolts l1 which are arrangedrthge requireddistanceapart in ad-V Vance of the ,forward ear'wheel 3 infthe truck-2 and connectedto these eye bolts '11 are coiled retractile springs 12 which have their lower ends engaged in staples Vor other fasteners Y13 mounted inthe blocks V4. I It is vpreferable lto have a pair of'springs 12'connectedto the front or toe end of the block 4,

on opposite. sides thereof, while but a single spring 12 is connected near the heel end of said vblockg4 at Athe outer 'side thereof, so that this block' is yieldably suspendedor hung in the position shown in Fig. 1, of the wheels 3.of the truck 2 of ythe car,l so that when the vsame becomes derailed, the pluralityof-blocks will be'inrpara'llel'ism with the rails B -on opposite sides thereof, and in active position will be disposed upon the bed of the track-atV opposite sides of theA rail B of` said track to replace the car wheels upon Vthe same.

Vas shownin Fig. 2, of the drawing, for the replacing of the car upon the track.

A. Yhen the -car moves upon the track, the springs A1 2 which haveY become tensioned .on the abutment of the blocks4 withthe-'crossties and. after the wheels 3,Y of the truck 2 of the car have passed off of the blocks said springs willeXert an upward pull upon the blocks .4.causing the `saine tobe tripped over theV crossftie against which the sameabut Mounted upon the side sills 10" of theiear body A are depending guide posts 14, which five cents eachLby `gacrlreausilig Washington, D. G. -v

properly positioned relative to'the blocks,

4, to' preventV lateraly shifting" theeofffwhen inV normal position and these guide posts 14 are ofeaflength suilicien'tito hold the blocksv 4V against lateral displacement'on the derail'- ment of the car yet will permit the blocks 4 to pass beneath the'lower free ends ofthe postsV on the replacing of the carfuponwthe trackand when said car has been replaced,

the blocks 4 after tripping the cross-tieagainstV which the. same haveV abut,psaid '10 blocks can" be reset relative to f thefgui'de posts. byfmanually manipulating thefsame for replacing them lin normal position for suspension, as shown in; Fig. '1, of the drawf f On the .initial-:riding of thecarmtruek wheels upon the blocks-4 inl-the` cut away.

' portion 7, thek car wheels will be directed'on e Y totherails B ofthe track before-thewheels reach the forward or toe end portions of the block and inthe active positionofthe blocks on the initial rtravel lof thevtruck-wheel-s y thereon, the posts w14.will, prevent 5V lateral displacement of 'theblocks away .ffrom-the r adjacent rail soi-that--there'isno possibili-ty Y y.

of the flanges ofthewheels dropping .be-

tween the. block iand :the.railsbeforef'theV rails of the track;`

wheeledtruck becomes.replacedaipon-the i i From the foregoi-ngfit.isthought construction and manner of use of they device will be clearly understoodwand. therefore .ai

more extended explanation has-ben omitted.

The combination Awith acaryofsahrei placerhyieldably# supported. thereby, and means carriedby the'car :for .engaging `the replacer to prevent lateralfmovementthereof'inY one directionm 2. The' combinationwith a car, of ameplacer comprisingfa body, -means *for yield-` iooV ably supporting theV body thefcarto hold the same normally in its inoperative-posi tion, said body -having f an Iinc linedeface at one endV for engagementrby the .,carrwheels, anfinclined surface carried bythe upper surface ofthe bodynfofrlaterally direotinglthe wheels to the adjacent rail, and 'means car-H tied bythe `car for eng-aging: the body -to prevent lateral moven'ient'thereof ,ink one drection. v 1

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